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The Principality of Sealand
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About Sealand (www.sealandgov.com):
Sealand was founded as a sovereign Principality in 1967 in international waters,
six miles off the eastern shores of Britain. The island fortess is conveniently
situated from 65 to 100 miles from the coasts of France, Belgium, Holland and
Germany. The official language of Sealand is English and the Sealand Dollar has
a fixed exchange rate of one U.S. dollar. Passports and stamps have been in
circulation since 1969, however, contrary to many misleading websites and news
articles, Sealand passports are not for sale, and anyone offering such are
selling forgeries. Within a radius o 500 miles of Sealand live more than 200
million people who enjoy some of thehighest standards of living in the world.
This area also encompasses the financial, industrial and cultural heart of
Europe.
The history of Sealand is a story of a struggle for liberty. Sealand was founded
on the principle that any group of people dissatisfied with the oppressive laws
and restrictions of existing nation states may declare independance in any place
not claimed to be under the jurisdiction of another sovereign entity. The
location chosen was Roughs Tower, an island fortress created in World War II by
Britain and subsequently abandoned to the jurisdiction of the High Seas. The
independance of Sealand was upheld in a 1968 British court decision where the
judge held that Roughs Tower stood in international waters and did not fall
under th legal jurisdiction of the United Kingdom. This gave birth to Sealand's
national motto of E Mare Libertas, or "Freedom of the Sea".
For information on the history of Sealand, click here.
To learn more about Sealand in the press, including other people falsely
representing themselves as Sealand officials, or general (mis)information about
Sealand, click here.
Prince Roy's heir apparent, Michael of Sealand, wrote the following statement in
relation to a recent incident involving a fake Sealand passport. It can be
extended to other situations where basic facts regarding Sealand have been
misrepresented. This website is the only official website of the Government of
Sealand. The website that was originally constructed for Sealand is located at
http://www.fruitsofthesea.demon.co.uk,
and is maintained there for historical purposes.
We would like to make it clear that after 32 years of pioneering work, and the
blood sweat and tears that have been part of the rich adventure in the formation
and establishment of the Principality of Sealand, our web site is the only
official web site of the Principality of Sealand. It has come to our attention
that others are claiming to represent us on the Internet and in the press, even
showing photographs of my family and offering membership of business
foundations, fake Sealand passports, and other services. Some of these people,
it seems, were involved in the terrorist attack on Sealand in the 1970s that
nearly resulted in loss of life, and did involve an international incident with
the British, Dutch and German governments.
~ Michael of Sealand
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